TY - JOUR
T1 - Pressure on the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
T2 - Development and Land Use/Cover Change in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon
AU - Mena, Carlos F.
AU - Barbieri, Alisson F.
AU - Walsh, Stephen J.
AU - Erlien, Christine M.
AU - Holt, Flora L.
AU - Bilsborrow, Richard E.
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - Development and land use/land cover (LULC) change have altered the landscape in and around the Cuyabeno Wildlife Production Reserve in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon (NEA). Today, the Reserve covers approximately 600 000 ha and is home to a host of endemic plants and animals as well as ancestral territories of indigenous groups, including the Cofán, Siona, Secoya, and Quichua. This study examines demographic and socioeconomic drivers of LULC change in and around the Reserve drawing upon a number of primary sources of data, including household surveys and a satellite image time series. We find that LULC patterns within and adjacent to the Reserve are influenced by (1) changes in land tenure regimes in newly classified Patrimony Forest, (2) petroleum exploration and production, (3) indigenous communities location, characteristics, and integration to the market economy, and (4) settlement patterns and household characteristics of colonists. Statistical analyses suggest that the number of children in the household, the use of hired labor, and geographic accessibility are important factors in explaining variations in the extent of deforestation on household farms in the Patrimony Forest.
AB - Development and land use/land cover (LULC) change have altered the landscape in and around the Cuyabeno Wildlife Production Reserve in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon (NEA). Today, the Reserve covers approximately 600 000 ha and is home to a host of endemic plants and animals as well as ancestral territories of indigenous groups, including the Cofán, Siona, Secoya, and Quichua. This study examines demographic and socioeconomic drivers of LULC change in and around the Reserve drawing upon a number of primary sources of data, including household surveys and a satellite image time series. We find that LULC patterns within and adjacent to the Reserve are influenced by (1) changes in land tenure regimes in newly classified Patrimony Forest, (2) petroleum exploration and production, (3) indigenous communities location, characteristics, and integration to the market economy, and (4) settlement patterns and household characteristics of colonists. Statistical analyses suggest that the number of children in the household, the use of hired labor, and geographic accessibility are important factors in explaining variations in the extent of deforestation on household farms in the Patrimony Forest.
KW - Cuyabeno
KW - Ecuador
KW - Northern Ecuadorian Amazon
KW - colonist populations
KW - indigenous populations
KW - land use/cover dynamics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33748452903&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.02.009
DO - 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.02.009
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:33748452903
SN - 0305-750X
VL - 34
SP - 1831
EP - 1849
JO - World Development
JF - World Development
IS - 10
ER -
